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Amen - this is trash and very hurtful - and full of lies...
Please don't forward this - it's the work of the devil to divide and bring
hurt.
-Sandi Bekoe
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From: "Fabu Phyllis" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2005 9:46 AM
Subject: Re: LAWISCONSIN READ AND WEEP! BLACKS DON'T READ.
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> Actually African Americans have the largest percentage of our population
> who
> not only read but who purchase books as well. This is trash and my take
> is
> that I don't forward/promote hurtful materials.
>
>>From: "Wilmot B. Valhmu" <[log in to unmask]>
>>Reply-To: "AAM (African Association of Madison)"
>><[log in to unmask]>
>>To: [log in to unmask]
>>Subject: Re: LAWISCONSIN READ AND WEEP! BLACKS DON'T READ.
>>Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2005 07:42:09 -0700
>>
>>Nathan,
>>
>>It's a always a dangerous thing when people wrap some truth in a lot of
>>falsehood. This article is no exception. The negatives cited about black
>>people are highly exaggerated, and the positives are downplayed, if cited
>>at all. So, how does one respond? I say, be the best you can be and
>>don't
>>buy into the put-downs. Learn from them however and know that all is not
>>well in this world. If you know the truth about yourself and your people,
>>then you have no need to allow others to define you, especially to
>>yourself.
>>
>>Take care,
>>
>>- Wilmot
>>
>>
>>nat sam <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>
>>READ AND WEEP! BLACKS DON'T READ.
>>
>>Please Note:
>>
>>
>> For those of you who heard it, this is the article Dee Lee was
>> reading this morning on a New York radio station. For those of you
>>who didn't
>> hear it, this is very deep and true! BLACKS DON'T READ. This is a
>> heavy piece and a Caucasian wrote it.
>>
>>
>> THEY ARE STILL OUR SLAVES we can continue to reap profits from the
>> Blacks without the effort of physical slavery. Look at the current
>> methods of containment that they use on themselves: IGNORANCE,
>>GREED,
>> and SELFISHNESS.
>>
>> Their IGNORANCE is the primary weapon of containment. A great man
>> once said, 'The best way to hide something from Black people is to
>>put it
>> in a book." We now live in the Information Age. They have gained
>> the
>> opportunity to read any book on any subject through the efforts of
>> their fight for freedom, yet they refuse to read. There are
>> numerous
>>books
>> readily available at Borders, Barnes & Noble, and Amazon.com, not
>> to
>> mention their own Black Bookstores that provide solid blueprints to
>> reach economic equality (which should have been their fight all
>> along), but few read consistently, if at all.
>>
>>
>> GREED is another powerful weapon of containment. Blacks, since the
>> abolition of slavery, have had large amounts of money at their
>> disposal. Last year they spent 10 billion dollars during
>> Christmas,
>>out of
>> Their 450 billion dollars in total yearly income (2.22%). Any of us
>>can use
>> them as our target market, for any business venture we care to
>> dream
>> up, no matter how outlandish, they will buy into it. Being
>> primarily
>>a
>> consumer people, they function totally by greed. They continually
>> want more, with little thought for saving or investing. They would
>>rather
>> buy some new sneaker than invest in starting a business. Some even
>> neglect their children to have the latest Tommy or FUBU, and they
>> still think that having a Mercedes, and a big house gives them
>>"Status" or
>> that they have achieved the American Dream. They are fools! The
>> vast
>> majority of their people are still in poverty because their greed
>> holds them back from collectively making better communities. With
>>the help
>> of BET, and the rest of their black media that often broadcasts
>>destructive
>> images into their own homes, we will continue to see huge profits
>> like those of Tommy and Nike. Tommy Hilfiger has even jeered them,
>>saying
>> he doesn't want their money, and look at how the fools spend more
>>with
>> him than ever before). They'll continue to show off to each other
>>while
>> we build solid communities with the profits from our businesses
>> that
>>we
>> market to them.
>>
>> SELFISHNESS, ingrained in their minds through slavery, is one of
>> the
>> Major ways we can continue to contain them. One of their own,
>> Dubois
>> said that there was an innate division in their culture. A
>> "Talented
>> Tenth" he called it. He was correct in his deduction that there are
>> segments of their culture that has achieved some "form" of success.
>> However, that segment missed the fullness of is work. They didn't
>> read that the "Talented Tenth" was then responsible to aid the
>> Non-Talented Ninety Percent in achieving a better life, Instead,
>>that segment has
>> created another class, a Buppie class that looks down on their
>>people
>> or aids them in a condescending manner. They will never achieve
>> what
>>we
>> have. Their selfishness does not allow them to be able to work
>>together
>> on any project or endeavor of substance. When they do get together,
>> their selfishness lets their egos get in the way of their goal.
>>Their
>> so-called help organizations seem to only want to promote their
>> name
>> without making any real change in their community. They are content
>> to sit in conferences and conventions in our hotels, and talk about
>>what
>> they will do, while they award plaques to the best speakers, not
>> the
>> best doers. Is there no end to their selfishness?
>>
>> They steadfastly refuse to see that TOGETHER EACH ACHIEVES MORE
>> (TEAM)! They do not understand that they are no better than each
>>other of what they own in fact, most of those Buppies are but one or
>>two paychecks away from
>> poverty. All of which is under the control of our pens in our
>>offices
>> and our rooms. Yes, we will continue to contain them as long as
>> they
>> refuse to read, continue to buy anything they want, and keep
>>thinking
>> they are "helping" their communities by paying dues to
>> organizations
>> which do little other than hold lavish conventions in our hotels.
>> By
>> the way, don't worry about any of them reading this letter,
>>remember,
>> THEY DON'T READ!!!! BLACKS DON'T READ"
>>
>>
>> (Prove them wrong. Please pass this on! After Reading it)
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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